Peasants Negotiating a Global Policy Space

La Vía Campesina in the Committee on World Food Security

• Author(s): Ingeborg Gaarde,
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Pages: 232
• ISBN_10: 131544495X
  ISBN_13: 9781315444956
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Industries / Agribusiness , Law / Environmental , Law / International , Law / Jurisprudence , Nature / Ecology , Nature / Natural Resources , Political Science / Political Process / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy , Science / Environmental Science , Science / Life Sciences / Biological Diversity , Social Science / Human Geography , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology / Rural , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries , Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General ,

Description:... Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Foreword: From resistance to hope -- Introduction -- 1 Global movements breaking out of the classical model of 'internationalisation with institutionalisation' -- 2 From global crisis to reform of the Committee of World Food Security -- 3 An international peasant movement seeking a voice -- 4 The structure of the book -- Notes -- 1. Exploring agency in a global movement -- 1 Studying a global movement -- 2 A multi-site and multi-layered research design -- 3 Conclusion -- Notes -- 2. The consolidation of an international peasant movement -- 1 A counter-response to neoliberal globalisation -- 2 Carving out spaces for peasants in the international arena -- 3 Key organisation principles -- 4 Between structure and network -- 5 Modes of organisation/operation -- 6 Conclusion -- Notes -- 3. Carving out an autonomous space for participation in the UN Committee on World Food Security -- 1 From UN summits to autonomous spaces -- 2 World Food Summits and opening of political space at the FAO -- 3 A reform process with strong emphasis from below -- 4 The composition and function of the post-2009 reformed CFS -- 5 The autonomous Civil Society Mechanism as an interface to the CFS -- 6 NGO - social movements: collaborations and tensions -- 7 Conclusion -- Notes -- 4. The CFS as a political battlefield -- 1 A world without - or investing in - peasant agriculture? -- 2 Mobilising institutions - institutionalising movements10 -- 3 Social movements' successes beyond political influence -- 4 Peoples' participation in global decision-making -- 5 Conclusion -- Notes -- 5. From the plough to the UN negotiating table -- 1 Finding the way to the negotiation table -- 2 The CSM group: strategic team negotiations.